Students' opinion about family detachment and relationships after getting into a boarding school. A descriptive study

This is a descriptive-exploratory study of quali-quantitative nature accomplished with students living in a boarding school, with the objective of identifying the family characteristics, how the option for the boarding school was made, and to know what the separation from the family meant to the stu...

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Main Authors: Edlene LA Goes, Elieth L Fonseca, Sueli RP Governo, Silvana Coppo Borges, Maria AP Waidman, Sonia S Marcon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa 2006-12-01
Series:Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing
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Online Access:http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/498
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author Edlene LA Goes
Elieth L Fonseca
Sueli RP Governo
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Maria AP Waidman
Sonia S Marcon
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description This is a descriptive-exploratory study of quali-quantitative nature accomplished with students living in a boarding school, with the objective of identifying the family characteristics, how the option for the boarding school was made, and to know what the separation from the family meant to the student. Thirty students from the three stages of High School, distributed in two groups were studied. Group I consisted of 15 students that sought three or more times the institution health clinic for assistance. Group II consisted of students of the same sex, age and classroom and that had not sought the clinic. The results revealed that the participants were between 14 and 18 years of age, arriving mainly from Southeast (36.7%) and Midwest (23.3%), and distributed equally in the three years of the High School program. In the two groups there was predominance of nuclear families, formed with three to six members and most of the students lived with the parents before coming to the institution. In 2 cases (1 in each group), the decision for the boarding school was made by the parents, in 10 cases it was made by the adolescents, and in 18 cases it was a joint decision (61.1% in Group I and 38.9% in Group II). Half of the students reported that their relationship with the family was very good, and that the arrival to the boarding school turned it even better. It also applies to the students that had referred negative aspects in their family relationship. In spite of the separation from the family, of the coexistence with different people and of the existence of norms and rules, the experience in a boarding school regime was evaluated positively. It is concluded that the option for boarding school involved mainly the possibility of living a new experience associated to the offer of better studies and that the boarding school is seen by the students as an alternative for their individual growth.
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spelling doaj.art-6f142a4f838b4e658db8bb07b2c818cb2023-09-02T15:08:20ZengUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso CostaOnline Brazilian Journal of Nursing1676-42852006-12-0153Students' opinion about family detachment and relationships after getting into a boarding school. A descriptive studyEdlene LA GoesElieth L FonsecaSueli RP GovernoSilvana Coppo BorgesMaria AP WaidmanSonia S MarconThis is a descriptive-exploratory study of quali-quantitative nature accomplished with students living in a boarding school, with the objective of identifying the family characteristics, how the option for the boarding school was made, and to know what the separation from the family meant to the student. Thirty students from the three stages of High School, distributed in two groups were studied. Group I consisted of 15 students that sought three or more times the institution health clinic for assistance. Group II consisted of students of the same sex, age and classroom and that had not sought the clinic. The results revealed that the participants were between 14 and 18 years of age, arriving mainly from Southeast (36.7%) and Midwest (23.3%), and distributed equally in the three years of the High School program. In the two groups there was predominance of nuclear families, formed with three to six members and most of the students lived with the parents before coming to the institution. In 2 cases (1 in each group), the decision for the boarding school was made by the parents, in 10 cases it was made by the adolescents, and in 18 cases it was a joint decision (61.1% in Group I and 38.9% in Group II). Half of the students reported that their relationship with the family was very good, and that the arrival to the boarding school turned it even better. It also applies to the students that had referred negative aspects in their family relationship. In spite of the separation from the family, of the coexistence with different people and of the existence of norms and rules, the experience in a boarding school regime was evaluated positively. It is concluded that the option for boarding school involved mainly the possibility of living a new experience associated to the offer of better studies and that the boarding school is seen by the students as an alternative for their individual growth.http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/498Family relations, family, adolescent, students.
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Sueli RP Governo
Silvana Coppo Borges
Maria AP Waidman
Sonia S Marcon
Students' opinion about family detachment and relationships after getting into a boarding school. A descriptive study
Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing
Family relations, family, adolescent, students.
title Students' opinion about family detachment and relationships after getting into a boarding school. A descriptive study
title_full Students' opinion about family detachment and relationships after getting into a boarding school. A descriptive study
title_fullStr Students' opinion about family detachment and relationships after getting into a boarding school. A descriptive study
title_full_unstemmed Students' opinion about family detachment and relationships after getting into a boarding school. A descriptive study
title_short Students' opinion about family detachment and relationships after getting into a boarding school. A descriptive study
title_sort students opinion about family detachment and relationships after getting into a boarding school a descriptive study
topic Family relations, family, adolescent, students.
url http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/498
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